NI DAQ where do I even start?

[hunkeelin]

I was given this

http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/1041 

I am  biology Major, where do I even start? I try to look at the data sheet and stuff I don't understand anything. Is there a tutorial somewhere? 

[gaving]

Here's a resource to maybe help you get started: http://www.ni.com/white-paper/5612/en 

I found that from http://www.ni.com/data-acquisition/what-is/ 

Feel free to ask us any questions as you get started with NI data acquisition hardware and software.

[hunkeelin]

Hi is there a manual that will describe the hardward? I am not referring to how to build it, but what should be soldier up with what and how to operate it specfically with the board I have. 

I search online most of the resource refer to the ni-daqmx a new model of what I have. 

All I want to do is to read in a digital input and give out a digital output, it sound simple and it should be. 

[hunkeelin]

Sorry let me clarify, I simply want to understand the document in this link "http://sine.ni.com/psp/app/doc/p/id/psp-42/lang/en" It gives abbreviations for the pins and I don't understand anything. 

[Tim-C]

Okay, let's try this - 

1. install DAQmx - https://www.ni.com/en/support/downloads/drivers/download.ni-daq-mx.html  It says that it only supports the PXI version of your card, but so does T-DAQ so it will probably work.

2. Open the program NI MAX on your computer and see if the 6070E shows up in the Hardware section. You can right click on it to checkout the device pinout.

3. Open an example. If you are using LabVIEW, in labview go to help->find examples...->Hardware Input and Output-> DAQmx-> then whatever type of measurement you want.

              If you are using text based to programming. There is a textbased examples folder you can get to by going to start ->all programs->National Instruments->DAQmx then the text based stuff.

4. In the example select the device name that showed up in MAX and the correct pins from the pinout.

[hunkeelin]

thanks

[hunkeelin]

Hi, Do you know of any example where I can use matlab instead? 

I just want to do somethign as simple as this in matlab 

If detect digital input

        print('output!')

else

        print('no output')

and 

Send digital output

done.

[rpurser]

Here's a MATLAB example using Data Acquisition Toolbox:

http://www.mathworks.com/help/daq/acquire-non-clocked-digital-data-1.html

-Rob